I’m trying to help a former work buddy who is now at Microsoft with something, and the deeper we talk about the issue(s) at hand, the more apparent it becomes that Microsoft is violently allergic to top-down leadership. It’s kind of amazing. And pitiful.
@MookyTroubadour do you mean top-down or bottom-up?
Because bottom-up leadership is usually what you want... that's where the people in the field (usually technical staff) drive the decisions being made, instead of out-of-touch bureaucrats, execs, and administrative functionaries with inflated egos.
@IrelandTorin I mean like, “these are corporate binding rules (or similar) and you will adhere to them, or you will be replaced with someone who can” will never happen there.
@IrelandTorin as a former Amazon guy, I appreciate concise and clear mandates, a la Jeff’s API mandate: https://nordicapis.com/the-bezos-api-mandate-amazons-manifesto-for-externalization/